Richard Buck - Mount St. Mary's University

Professor: Richard Buck

Department: Philosophy

College: Mount St. Mary's University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tough grader but will really work with you. Nice guy too

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Bucks a great professor and friendly person. Easy to understand and is willing to go out of his way for students. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: VTPH300B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome teacher. Gives you all the question to the tests a couple days in advance. However grades papers a little hard

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHILB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, definitely one of the better teachers for philosophy. I'd recommend this class for sure.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

a wonderful man. truly cares about his students and loves his job.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not the most amusing class in the world, but Dr. Buck is one of the better philosophy teaches at MSM. He is very clear and you must follow his expectations to do well. Attend every class and write everything down that he says. Stiff grader if you go off tangent, but not impossible

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Buck's pretty cool. I came into my first class think that philosophy was gonna be a crap corse. However, Dr. Buck made the subject matter very clear and easy to follow. Be careful, he's a VERY stiff grader. Be sure you take notes and participate. He's dosen't play around with this matter. Only peopl that do super slacking will fail his class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Super friendly, and very helpful. He's easily driven off task, but that's only to his desire to answer any questions his students may have. Really nice guy and he'll never leave you hanging.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FRESHSEM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Unfair grader, bases grades on who knows what. Edits your rough drafts, and then tears your final draft apart, even when you go to the Writting Center. Unfair grader. Many people in the class also think this.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHILOSOPHY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

had buck for philosophy soph year.. he was wonderful..

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FRESHMANSEM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy, good professor. Discussion based classes. Hard paper grader

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLITICALPHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I like Dr. Buck a lot.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FRSEM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I think Dr. Buck is a great professor. As long as his students participate, the class is based on discussion. I hope I cant take him again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cool Teacher.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POLITICAL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy, cares about his students but hard grader. Big fan of B's. Papers are never reflective/in-depth enough.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you are taking philosophy classes at high levels, he tends to be more discussion based and tends to give lower grades.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

very fair in grading and very nice guy

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

overall, he was a fair teacher

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: TWO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The material is confusing which makes him look bad, but he is a good teacher and you will learn something.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

very bad professor. Writing is never good enough b/c he doesn't explain anything